Each year, the Wharton Health Care Management Alumni Association (WHCMAA) bestows upon a deserving alumnus or alumna its Alumni Achievement Award (established in 1982) and its Outstanding Service Award (established in 2016). The awardees are recognized in the fall at the WHCMAA alumni gathering in Philadelphia, as well as on the WHCMAA website and in other social media locations.
Alumni Achievement Award
The Alumni Achievement Award is presented to an alumnus or alumna who reflects the high ideals of the Wharton Health Care Management (WHCM) program and who meets the following criteria:
- The nominee must be a recipient of an MBA degree from the Wharton School of at least 5 years' standing (i.e. a graduate of the class of 2012 or earlier is eligible for the award beginning in 2017).
- The nominee must demonstrate a history of active contribution to health care management or its related fields, with preference to those who demonstrate contribution across the private, public and academic sectors.
Awardees are nominated by fellow alumni and selected by committee of the WHCMAA Board.
Past Recipients of the WHCMAA Alumni Achievement Award are as follows:
| 1982: Margarite Harrington, WG'76 | 2004: Bill Winkenwerder, WG'86 | 2014: Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, WG'86 | ||
| 1984: William Garrow, WG'75 | 2005: Tony Buividas, WG'79 | 2015: Maureen Spivack, WG'86 | ||
| 1986: Bruce Bradley, WG'72 | 2006: Philip Schrodel, WG'73 | 2016: Mark Smith, WG'89 | ||
| 1988: Perry Pepper, WG'73 | 2007: Tracy K. Johnson, WG'86 | 2017: David Asch, MD, WG'89 | ||
| 1990: Elayne Howard, WG'76 | 2008: Gary L. Gottlieb, WG'85 | 2018: Alex Gorsky, WG'96 | ||
| 1992: John Eisenberg, WG'76 | 2009: David B. Nash, WG'86 | 2019: Craig Samitt, WG'95 | ||
| 1995: John Whitman, WG'76 | 2010: Mitchell J. Blutt, M'81, WG'87 | 2022: Julian Harris, MD'07, WG'08 | ||
| 1998: Kate Flynn, WG'80 | 2011: Donald F. Schwarz, WG'87 | |||
| 2000: Stan Bernard, WG'88 | 2012: Gary Phillips, MD'91, WG'91 | |||
| 2002: Beth Somers Stutzman, WG'85 | 2013: Jay Mohr, WG'91 |
Outstanding Service Award
The Outstanding Service Award is presented to an alumnus or alumna who reflects the high ideals of the Wharton Health Care Management Program and has demonstrated continuing interest in, and support of, the Wharton Health Care Management program, the Wharton School and/or the Wharton Health Care Management Alumni Association.
Awardees are nominated by fellow alumni and selected by committee of the WHCMAA Board.
Past Recipients of the WHCMAA Outstanding Service Award are as follows:
Jeff Voigt, WG'85
2017
Tom Kupp, WG'85
2018
Bob McDonald, WG'92
2019
John Barkett, WG'09
2022
Z. Colette Edwards, MD'84, WG'85